Month: December 2018

I’m loving all things “Grinch” right about now. We recently took the kids to see the new “Grinch” movie and every where you go, there’s little reminders of it.

After making them their own Grinch-pancakes, I decided to make some of these Grinch-inspired Crinkle Cookies.

They’re super easy to make. And I like the fact that I initially made up a big batch a dough, just a small batch of cookies, put the rest of the dough in a Zip-lock bag in the fridge, and have just been taking it out in little amounts to make them a small batch of cookies to enjoy at the end of their night with their hot cocoa.

If you’ve ever made snowball cookies, these are quite similar. You mix all of your ingredients together until fully combined, roll them in the powdered sugar, set them directly onto your cookie sheet & bake.

Unlike the snowball cookie batter, these don’t need to be refrigerated before you roll them and bake them. My Russian teacake dough, usually needs to set in the fridge for about a good hour before I can really roll them and have nice firm balls that will set up and not crumble when I go to roll them a second time.

If you have heart shaped sprinkles that are ready to go, then of course use them. If you don’t, try taking a few red Wilton candy melts wafers and break them into small pieces to decorate the top of your cookies to make them officially, “Grinch-ed”. Creamy, buttery & even a little bit crunchy. You can’t go wrong with that.

It was a lazy Sunday morning & I had had it in my mind for a while that I would make Grinch pancakes for the kids one weekend & this weekend was my weekend. Since it was the first weekend of the month & we’re entering the Christmas season, I want to be intentional to enjoy each & every moment, and to slow down long enough to make memories that will last them a lifetime.

We had taken the kids a while back to see the new Grinch movie & then to IHOP to have the Grinch pancakes and I just knew, that I knew that this was something that I could make at home, so I did.

I have a pancake & waffle recipe that I have been making from scratch for quite some time now & I knew that a small scoop of the food coloring was going to give us the color that we wanted.

Whether or not it would be the exact shade of Grinch, I didn’t know, but that was okay. If I can make any Grinch treat at home for my kids, they will be happy.

Here’s how I made them:

In a large mixing bowl, combine one cup of all purpose flour, a teaspoon of salt, two teaspoons of baking powder, two tablespoons of sugar, and then stir well to combine.

Next add, an egg, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, one teaspoon of vanilla extract, and a cup of milk and stir until completely blended.

Next you’ll need to add about 1/4 of teaspoon of green food coloring. Now, I prefer to use the gel food coloring because it’s a lot richer when it comes to the base of the color without using a lot and if you do it right, (by not using a lot) it doesn’t drastically alter the taste of whatever you are making. So, for this particular recipe, you are literally going to use no more of this particular food coloring, then what I have on this knife right here:

which is about 1/4 teaspoon, measured.

Blend in the food coloring until there are no streaks and the color is smooth all the way through, and make pancakes over low to medium heat.

So I learned something in this whole process:

If you make these pancakes over medium-high heat, like you would normal pancakes, they will start to brown. And for the Grinch pancakes, you don’t want any brown if you can help it. It takes away from the lovely green color.

Here is the printable for this recipe:

Oh, and my frosting…yes, yes, I know, it looks a little clumpy. Well, that was a mommy-whip-up-something-yummy-fast, kind of a thing. (I used a little sour cream & confectioners sugar that I didn’t pre-sift before mixing). Oh well. My kids devoured it!